Rhododendron oreotrephes
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Rhododendron oreotrephes' (山育杜鹃, shan yu du juan) is rhododendron
species
native to Burma and south-west China
, collected in Sichuan
in 1904 by Dr. Ernest Henry Wilson
. It is an upright shrub
, growing to 4 meters in height, with oblong, often bluish, leaves up to 6 cm in length. Its flowers are pink to lavender.
Rhododendron
Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
native to Burma and south-west China
China
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, collected in Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
in 1904 by Dr. Ernest Henry Wilson
Ernest Henry Wilson
Ernest Henry "Chinese" Wilson , better known as E. H. Wilson, was a notable English plant collector who introduced a large range of about 2000 of Asian plant species to the West; some sixty bear his name.-Career:...
. It is an upright shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
, growing to 4 meters in height, with oblong, often bluish, leaves up to 6 cm in length. Its flowers are pink to lavender.